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Daniel Marcus Davin

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Photograph of Daniel Marcus Davin in the uniform of a captain in the British Army, c.1942-1944. Photographer unknown. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, PAColl-5498. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Daniel Marcus Davin in the uniform of a captain in the British Army, c.1942-1944. Phot …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Daniel Marcus AWMM
  • Surname
    Davin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 978 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 September 1913 AWMM Invercargill, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 3 Morton Road, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs W.K. Davin (wife), C/o Balliol College, Oxford, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Student/Civilian AWMM
    London, England AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • James McNeish, 'Dance of the Peacocks', 2003. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 September 1990 AWMM
    Oxford, England AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 116 AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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